The Monster of Peladon - Part Six
The Doctor uses the Aggedor statue on the Ice Warriors just as they are about to break in to the refinery. One gets away but the other two are killed. The Doctor sends Gebek to rally the miners.
Eckersley finds out what the Doctor has been up to and decides to do something about it. He turns the security system alarm on in the Refinery, remotely. The Doctor are Sarah are barely able to think with the alarm going off. Sarah leaves to find Geberk but the Doctor stays behind.
The Doctor uses the statue of Aggedor to help the miners in their fight with the Ice Warriors. A couple of the defenders are killed but a couple of the Ice Warriors are also slain, thanks to the Doctor and the statue of Aggedor.
Eckersley turns the power of the alarm up to the maximum. The Doctor is no longer able to function. Eckersley believes he has killed him. Azaxyr attempts to take Queen Thalira hostage but the miners overcome the Ice Warrior.
The Ice Warriors are defeated. Everyone is ready to celebrate but then Eckersley kidnaps the Queen. He plans to use her as a hostage to help him get safely to his ship. The Doctor uses the real Aggedor to track down the Queen and Eckersley. Aggedor attacks Eckersley. The two fight and both are killed.
The Doctor and Sarah say their goodbyes and leave Peladon.
Toby Hadoke (moderator), Barry Letts (producer), Terrence Dicks (script editor), Stuart Fell (body of Alpha Centauri), and Donald Gee (Eckersley) are on the commentary track for this episode..
I was a little surprised to see the Doctor kill five Ice Warriors. I think he has killed before, probably Daleks, earlier this season but it still seemed a bit off. The fact that he does it from a distance the second and third times was especially surprising.
Looking back on this story as a whole it was nice to see that Sarah wasn't the only woman in this story but Queen Thalira wasn't given much to do and wasn't a very proactive character. I blame that on the writing. The dearth of female characters reminded me of Face of Evil where Leela seems to be the only woman in the tribe. Where are they hiding all the women?
This was an okay ending. It wasn't any worse than the previous installments in this story. It would have been nice if there had been some more interesting characters in it but I it was what it was.
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